Implementation of ASU 2016-2

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]

Implementation of ASU 2016-2

Implementation of ASU 2016-2

On February 25, 2016, FASB issued ASU No. 2016-2, Leases (Topic 842), which requires a lessee to recognize assets and liabilities for leases with lease terms of more than 12 months. The recognition, measurement and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee primarily will depend on its classification as a finance or operating lease. However, unlike current GAAP, which requires only capital leases to be recognized on the balance sheet, ASU 2016-2 requires all leases with an initial term greater than one year to be recognized on the balance sheet as a right-of-use (ROU) asset and a lease liability. The Company also serves as a lessor primarily through operating leases. The accounting for lessors has not fundamentally changed except for changes to conform and align existing guidance to the lessee guidance under ASU 2016-2, as well as to the revenue recognition guidance in ASC 606, Revenue.

The substantial population of the Company’s newly recognized ROU assets and lease liabilities relate to Atlantic Aviation’s operating leases of land, buildings and certain equipment. ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and the lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the estimated present value of lease payments over the lease term. The considerations given for the incremental borrowing rate used in determining the present value of lease payments were the Company’s recent debt refinancing and amendment during 2018 and the Company’s credit rating.

Upon adoption of ASU No. 2016-2, the Company recorded ROU assets and corresponding lease liabilities of $351 million and $358 million, respectively, of which $19 million and $21 million related to asset and liabilities held for sale, respectively. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on its consolidated condensed statements of operations, liquidity or debt covenant compliance under its current agreements.

The Company adopted the standard effective January 1, 2019 utilizing the modified retrospective method, which allowed the Company, where it was the lessee or lessor to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the period of adoption without modifying the comparative period financial statements. The Company elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard, which among other things, allowed the Company to carryforward the historical lease classification. The Company also made an accounting policy election to keep leases with an initial term of 12 months or less off the balance sheet. Further, the standard did not have a material impact on the accounting and reporting requirements for existing operating leases where the Company is the lessor as it has elected the practical expedient whereby the Company will not separate a qualifying contract into its lease and non-lease components. The Company also determined that the accounting for sales taxes, certain lessor costs and certain requirements related to variable payments in contracts did not have a material effect on the consolidated condensed balance sheet, statement of operations or statement of cash flows.